Beehive



'Patented July' 3 1 Bee Hive.

0. REYNOLDS.

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OLivER REYNOLDS. OE wEBsTER, N Ew YORK. A

BEEHIvE.

Specification of Letters Vl'ateiit No. 5,211,V dated July 31,1847.`

To all 'whom imag concern: i,

Be it known'that I, OLIVER REYivoLDs, of

l/Vebster, in the county of Monroe and State-I of New York, have invented a new` and use-- ful Improvement in the Manner of Construct-ing Beeliives, called the New York Apiary, which is described as followsref erence being had to the annexed drawings of the same, making part of this specifica tion.

Figure l is an elevat-ion of the back of the hive-the doors of the case being open in Order to show the hives and moth traps. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the front of the hive, showing the lighting boards L upon which the bees light on entering the hive. Fig. 3 is an elevation of the channeled side of the case showing the inclined channels or grooves B in the same leadingV to the trian-` gular traps D' Figs. l, 4, 5. Fig. 4E is a vertical section of ditto and one of the lighing boards L entrance tubes K, and one of the triangular traps D. Fig. 5 is a vertical cross section of one of the triangular traps D. Fig. 7 is a side view of a lighting board made with a gage valve v used in separating the drones from the working bees.

Similar letters in the several figures refer to corresponding parts.

The nature of my invention and improvement consists in combining with the hive an illuminated chamber T for alluring the beemot-hs into it where they are destroyed. Also in constructing the lower hives each with one side inclined inward forming triangular spaces between every pair of hives for the insertion of triangular moth .traps D. Likewise in constructing the outer case Vwith inclined channels B leading from the entrance to the triangular moth traps. Also in forming spaces behind and between the vertical parts of the lighting boards L communicating with the inclined channels B to admit the bee moth to entersaid channels. Likewise in forminggspaces around the tubes at which the bees enter to admit the moths to the inclined channels B leading to the traps D.

The external case A is made in the usual, or most approved manner, (except in its being constructed withl certain channels)l being of a rectangular form and of suitable size and material for containing theV bee hives and moth traps hereafter described..

The inclined `ways or channels B leading from the entrances C in front to the trianentrances to the saine.

gular trapsD, are made in the front of the hive on the inner side thereof, next'the khives and consist `of as many ways, or channels, as there are entrances in the case and united attheir lower ends where they meet v i Y the horizontal tubes E Fig. 4 in the triangular traps D forming a ligure resembling the letter Vk inverted.

The upper boxes or hives F are made and arranged vin the usual manner, except. The" lower range F are made in the following manner. One side o f eachk box next the Espace for the reception of the triangular trap, and half lits height, is made to incline inward toward the center of the box at an angle of about er y80fdegrees with the bottomso that when two of vthese boxes,' thus made, are brought together they formV a triangular space betweenthemfor the reception of the'triangular box or trap D ywhose sides are made to incline at the same angle as thesides of the'hive'and to lit said n Y The tubes K through which the bees enhaving flanges by which they are fastened to the outer surface of the boxes over the Theopenings C in the front of the case A through which these ltubes protrude are made a little larger than the tubes in order to form spaces around them ythrough which the moth may enterk the Space.A The boxes o-r hives in other respects 'lare made in the usual manner- H being the slides, I the ventilators andJ the windows.

case in his endeavors to reach the mouth of K the tube instead of the hive or boxes. Said t' .spaces communicating .with the aforesaid inclined yways B leading to the triangular traps D as before stated. The `moth in try;

ing. to enter the hive will meet the spaces C Y as he travels toward the mouth of the tubes K and will be conducted by them to the in-V clined ways B and thence to the horizontal..

tubesE in the triangular traps D.

' The'triangular traps loo D have each a horiv Zontal vtube -E inserted into its frontV end, 4

near :the bottom, and extending inward about half its length, so `that. when the moths have passed through these tubes and descended to the floor they are unable after-` l ward to find the tubes togain an exit on ac# count of their being elevated v'above the oor ofthe tra s.

The Vlightingboards L for the bees toY light upon in entering the`hives are made in the ,enter at and communicating with the spaces C in the case in which the tubesKV are placed and with the inclined ways B leading to the tubes E in the triangular traps D.

The moths in passing up thel sides of the case will meet the small spaces behind Vthe lighting boards L and will enter them thus avoiding the upper side Vof the lighting boards where the entrance tubesl K of the hives are arranged. Y y

The illuminated moth trap T consists of an apparatus resembling a dark lantern eX- ternally. It has an opening in front near the top into which is inserted a horizontal funnel shaped gage tube U leading to the interior of the moth trap and open at both ends, there being an opening Z in the eX- ternal case A opposite'said gage tube at which the moths enter the said tube, covered by a button for preventing the entrance of the bees during the day. A lamp V to illuminate the trap and allure the moths into it through the aforesaid tapered gage tube U. is placed upon, or near, the bottom of the trap. An aperture is made in the top of the trap into which a tube W is inserted which answers vfor a chimney for canveying the smoke.

The back of the trap is provided with a suitable door X by which to gain access to the interior thereof.

The lamp 'V being lighted in the evening the moths will bel allured into the trap through the horizontal gage tube U and flit about the light, or descend to the ioor, where they will be destroyed by a` small quantity of water placed in the bottom of the trap.

In order to separate the drones from the bees I have a gage or reticulated valve or shutter v placed, hinged or hooked ,against the face of the vertical part ofthe lighting board L Fig. 7 opening outward, so that when the bees and drones, at the end of the summer, (when required to be separated),

pass out of the hive, they push said valve` outward and pass underV the lowerfedge thereof, which then swings back to its former position. The beesyand drones in returning to the hive find the lusual entrances thus closed against then. They then find the space Z back'of the lighting board which has been previously enlarged by unscrewing the screws s at which they enter; and this space communicating with the space e aroundV the tube lc, which is made 'sufliciently large to admit the bee and drone to pass into'theinclined channels B, which lead toa larger tube inserted into the trap D in place of the tube E by which the bee and drone are thus lentrapped. The bee passes thence through a small opening p Figs. 4 and 5 in the side of the triangular trap into the hive F, through another small .opening in the side thereof which is coincident with said small opening 79 in the trap-the drone being left in the trap, he being too large to pass through said openings.` These openings are tobe closed during the operation oftaking the moths.

The mode of managing the bees being the same as that described in my former patent renders it unnecessary to describe it in this patent. With this exception that the bee robber is takenby closing the entrance tothe hive and` allowing him to enter the case by the opening Z behind the lighting board L and pass thence by the inclined ways B to the triangular trap D where he is taken in the manner that the drone is taken.

lI do not claim. as my invention the eX- ternal case A, nor the lighting boards L, nor the lifting board M nor the upper boxes or hives F, nor the use of a lantern, but

IVhat I do claim as lmy invention and 'which I desire vto secure by Letters Patent` l. Makingthe case A with the spaces C around the entrance tubes K combined withl p the inclined ways VB leading to the triangular traps D in the `manner and for the purpose set forth.

2. I claim forming the entrances Z behind lthe lighting boards L in the manner and for the purpose set forth,-that is to say by suspending the lighting boards to the front of the case A by the screws, s, which are turned to the right or to the left for increasing or diminishing said` spaces.

8. I claim narrowing each hive F on one 4 side thereof where it unites with the ad Joining hive so as to form triangular spaces for the reception of the triangular traps D las above described.

4. I claim forming the moth traps D with a horizontal tube E communicating with the 4OLIVER REYNOLDS.

Vitnesses: A

WM. P. ELLIorr, y :ALBERT E. H. JOHNSON. 

